I think The Unmarketables ( a early cartoon made by one of the future creators of Rick and Morty ) had a great concept and a neat execution. I kinda wish they continued it but that's ok, at least we have Rick and Morty

I like my deep thinking films like Inception and Interstellar as much as anyone, but sometimes I just want to watch robots punch each other or Milla Jovovich shoot a bunch of classic video game baddies.

Criminal Minds. It is such a fucking trashy show, and even I, someone who's taken first-year psych and some year-two sociology, can tell you that every thing they say about mental illness is so fucking wrong. But it is so fun to watch and laugh at.

…I tried getting into CSI for the same reason, but I watched Fur and Loathing and just broke. I can have someone testify to this fact.

The Lieutenant Leary books by David Drake. Super generic (and occasionally retrograde) space swashbuckling with basically the exact same plot in every book, to the point where I almost made bingo cards for it. I still end up buying them though.

I have similar feelings but with less reservation about various military sci-fi series by Ian Douglas, since he at least tries to work in new social ideas and popular sci-fi themes.

I don't know if I want to describe this as a guilty pleasure, since I don't want to blame the creators, but I used to listen to a ton of podiobooks.com. There's some legitimately delightful stuff on there, but a lot of it is books or extended series by authors who aren't quite ready for prime time, occasionally including having some weird hangups.

Helix, a short-lived SyFy show about a bunch of CDC doctors that struggle to contain 'anomalous' diseases. It's the perfect mind food for when you're too tired to do anything particularly stimulating, but also too lazy to make the effort needed to fall asleep (i.e., on a long, looong flight).

The show itself is a mixed bag. On the one hand, it's chock-full of the kind of jargon and pseudo-scientific thrills associated with dealing with horrific diseases in a clandestine medical facility in the Arctic (and anything that reminds me of the wiki is probably going to go down favourably with me). On the other, though, it's riddled with cliches, not limited to rabid, infected not-zombie patients and the presence of an evil corporation of immortal pretty-eyed people that want to take over the world.

Yeah, it's ridiculous, but in another world, it could have been something truly wonderful.

Most of the mini-series adaptations of Stephen King's work (i.e. IT, The Langoliers, Tommyknockers). They're so bad and silly, and rarely scary for something Stephen King was involved in, but so delightfully entertaining. I think because of King's writing, they keep me interested, but the rest of the things in them are just so silly.

I know a lot of people found Pennywise the clown in IT scary, but I think he's a riot. It's Tim Curry for Christ's sake! The acting in The Langoliers is some of the most ridiculous I've ever seen, especially from the guy playing the scenery-chewing Mr. Toomey. And Tommyknockers just has so much weird stuff in it that ultimately builds up to a disappointing, yet still somehow hilarious payoff (The Langoliers does this as well). And don't even get me started on Maximum Overdrive.